Monday, June 27, 2011

Da Lat Flower Festival 2011

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The Da Lat Flower Festival 2012 will take place in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong’s Da Lat town from Dec 30th, 2011 to Jan 3rd, 2012.

Themed “Da Lat, the flower festival city”, the event will feature nine distinguished programs including "space of flower", an international flower exhibition, a flower procession, flower market, food made from flowers, a street festival and a champagne night.

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According to Nguyen Vu Hoang, the festival’s general director, the street festival of flowers and light, covering an area of 3,500 square meter of Hoa Binh area, and a space of beautiful flowers near Xuan Huong lake, will be this year’s highlights. The street festival will also include samba, dance sport, hip hop, and a photo exhibition about Da Lat, as well as performances of traditional handicrafts. Space of flower will feature unique buildings made of flowers representing five continents in the world, and a biggest-ever exhibition of tulips.

At the same time in Lac Duong District, Langbiang Festival will include a mountain climbing contest and paragliding performance, as well as gongs and a food festival.

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